Even in NYC, Voting Should Be for CitizensAny time the city approaches an issue like immigration, it is wise to tread lightly. Most of us come from some immigrant population. The bill that Councilman Danny Dromm has sponsored would allow n...

Furlough the President & CongressIt is not the fault of air traffic controllers and the millions of hard-working career federal civil servants, including thousands based in the metropolitan New York area, facing furloughs. As part...

Waiting to inhale? On Raising the smoking ageMayoral hopeful and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, announced a proposal this week to raise the legal age for buying tobacco products to ...

By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police have detained a British journalist working for The Times and are holding him at the country's main airport without charge, his lawyer said on Friday. "I am trying to find out why they are holding him," said lawyer George King, who is acting on behalf of Jerome Starkey. Starkey has been held for 19 hours since getting off an international flight on Thursday night.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's Christmas nativity scene has an unusual addition this year: a spire from one of the dozens of churches and basilicas that were damaged or destroyed in this year's central Italy earthquakes.